Thank you for your letter. I would like to know a bit more about your school activities. Do you have parties at school? What are they like? Our parties are not always interesting. Some are amusing and some are boring. The best we had was on the Valentine’s Day. We all loved it very much. It was a costume party. I had a butterfly suit on with big black-and-red wings.

We have pinned up funny posters on the walls in the rest room. The most interesting part of it was the mail. I got five Valentine’s Day, cards. I think the big card was from Joe. I went all red when I opened it. There was a big satin elephant holding a bunch of plastic flowers in its trunk and these words: “Sharon, I love you.” I also wrote ten cards to boys and girls just for fun, and of course one to Joe. You can guess what I wrote in it. We also sang and danced at the party. How do your parties go?

Задания к тексту.

Exercise 1. Write what Sharon liked about the St. Valentine’s Day party most of all.

Exercise 2. Say if the statements are true or false.

All parties in the English school are interesting.

All the children liked the party on the Valentine’s Day.

The party was held in the classroom.

Sharon got a bunch of flowers from Joe.

Sharon wrote ten cards to boys.

They sang and danced at the party.

Exercise 3. Give yes / no answers to the questions.

Does Sharon like parties?

Are all English school parties amusing?

Was the party she described a costume party?

Did Sharon get a card from Joe?

Does she love Joe?

Did she write a card to Joe?

Exercise 4. Complete the table about the St. Valentine’s Day Party.

Name of party

Costume she had on

Number of cards she received

Number of cards she sent

What they did at the party

Тест по чтению для 9 класса #3.

The Boy and the Door

There was a small shop in a little street in an old town. In the shop there were beautiful things made of silver and gold. The small shop had a door that opened on the little street. The shopkeeper was standing at the open door.

“Come and buy! Come and buy!” called the shopkeeper. “Come into my shop and see all the beautiful things!” again he called. “Come in!

I shall show you beautiful things made of silver and gold.”

One day the shopkeeper had to go away to the king’s palace. The king wanted a beautiful gold ring and a silver cup from the shop. The shopkeeper called the boy who worked for him. “I’m going to the king’s palace,” he said. “You must stay here. Do not leave the door of the shop whatever happens. Do you understand?”

“Yes, I understand,” said the boy.

The shopkeeper went away, and soon he came to the king’s palace. He gave the king the ring and the cup. Then he went home. Soon he was back at his shop. He stopped and looked up in astonishment. “What is this?” he cried. “Why are so many people going into my shop?” Then the shopkeeper saw that the door of the shop was gone and so was the boy who worked for him.

Just then, the shopkeeper saw the boy. He was in the street near the shop. The boy had the shop door on his back. He was standing in the square looking at some men who were doing tricks.

The shopkeeper ran to the boy. “I told you not to leave my shop,” he cried.

“No,” said the boy. “You told me not to leave the door. I did just as you said. I did not leave the door. I have the door here with me.”

Задания к Reading Comprehension Test #3.

Exercise 1. Choose the correct answer to the questions.

What did the shopkeeper sell? food / things

What were the things made of? glass / metal

Where did the shopkeeper go one day? market / palace

What did the shopkeeper tell the boy to do? not to leave the door / not to leave the shop

What did the shopkeeper see when he came back? the shop was closed / the shop was open

Where was the boy standing? in the shop / in the square

Did the boy understand the shopkeeper’s words exactly? yes / no

Exercise 2. Say if the statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.

It was a big new shop.

The shopkeeper usually stood at the open door.

The things in the shop were beautiful and expensive.

The shopkeeper asked the boy not to leave the door.

The shopkeeper went to the king’s palace.

When the shopkeeper came back, his shop was ruined.

The boy took the door with him.

The boy did what the shopkeeper had told him.

Exercise 3. Answer the questions.

What did the shopkeeper do to attract clients to his shop?

Why did the shopkeeper go to the palace?

What was the boy doing when the shopkeeper came back?

Exercise 4. Give your opinion on who was right: the boy or the shopkeeper.

Exercise 5. If you were a boy and wanted to go away, what would you do?

Ответы к Reading Tests.

Reading test 1.

Упражнение 1. The children liked their grandmother’s company because she was good fun (funny).

Упражнение 2.

Granny Morgan came to tea.

The children visited the National History Museum.

The boy liked the gorillas at the museum.

Granny met Picasso in the south of France.

The children were not sure that their grandmother’s stories were true.

Упражнение 3.

They were pleased because their Granny was coming to tea.

She usually came to tea on Friday.

She was sitting at the kitchen table when they came in.

There were banana sandwiches on the table.

He took at least 2 sandwiches.

He liked the gorillas best

He also saw dinosaurs there?

Granny Morgan met Picasso at an art gallery.

Kate liked her grandmother's stories, but she wasn’t sure if they were true but they were always exciting!

Упражнение 4.

Pleased

Fun

wonderful time

fantastic / I liked the gorillas best

an art gallery

Упражнение 5. Your own story.

Ответы к reading test 2.

Упражнение 1. She liked the mail most of all.

Упражнение 2.

False, 2. True, 3. False, 4. False, 5. False, 6. True.

Упражнение 3.

Yes, 2. No, 3. Yes, 4. Yes, 5. Yes, 6. Yes

Упражнение 4.

Name of party

Costume she had on

Number of cards she received

Number of cards she sent

What they did at the party

St. Valentine’s Day Party

butterfly suit on with big black-and-red wings

5

10

Received mail

Danced

Sang songs

Ответы к тексту 3.

Упражнение 1.

things, 2. metal, 3. palace, 4. not to leave the door, 5. the shop was open, 6. in the square, 7. yes

Упражнение 2.

False. It was a small shop.

True

True

True

True

False. When the shopkeeper came back, he saw many people walking into his shop and he also saw that the door of the shop was gone and so was the boy who worked for him.

True

True

Упражнение 3.

The shopkeeper was standing at the open door calling “Come and buy! Come and buy!”, “Come into my shop and see all the beautiful things!”, “Come in!

The shopkeeper went to the palace to give the king the ring and the cup.

He was standing in the square looking at some men who were doing tricks.